General practice : clinical cases uncovered

✍ Scribed by Emma Storr; et al

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 207
• Series: Clinical cases uncovered
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Rehearse for life in clinical practice with this easy-to-use and unique series, which combines cases drawn from real-life experiences with a refreshing approach to presentations as you would see them in day-to-day situations.

Get the most from clinical practice, with Clinical Cases Uncovered

With more than 30 cases to work through, General Practice: Clinical Cases Uncovered is perfect for medical students and junior doctors to get to grips with what to expect from Primary Care in the UK. Presented in a narrative style with questions and patient background, everything from a chest infection to panic attacks can be investigated in these real-life situations.

This is the ideal resource for exam preparation or attachments and provides up-to-date and concise information when students need it most.

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: Preface. How to use this book. Part 1 Basics. Setting the context. Approach to the patient. Clinical overview. Part 2 Cases. Case 1 A 40-year-old female smoker with a chest infection, 14. Case 2 A 9-year-old asthmatic child. Case 3 A 27-year-old woman with a headache. Case 4 A 76-year-old man who has been in hospital. Case 5 A 23-year-old man with a red eye. Case 6 A 5-year-old child with earache. Case 7 A 20-year-old woman with a sore throat. Case 8 A 35-year-old man with back pain. Case 9 A 62-year-old woman with a painful shoulder. Case 10 A 35-year-old woman with knee pain. Case 11 A 78-year-old male with rash on trunk. Case 12 A 2-year-old boy with a rash. Case 13 A 17-year-old man with rash and fever. Case 14 A 46-year-old man with indigestion. Case 15 An 8-year-old child with abdominal pain. Case 16 A 26-year-old man with abdominal pain. Case 17 A 78-year-old woman with bruising. Case 18 A 38-year-old man with high blood pressure. Case 19 An 80-year-old woman with funny turns. Case 20 A 43-year-old man with 'weakness'. Case 21 A 23-year-old woman with panic attacks. Case 22 A 24-year-old woman who feels abnormally tired. Case 23 A 54-year-old woman with urinary frequency and hot sweats. Case 24 A 19-year-old woman with vaginal discharge. Case 25 A 34-year-old woman with 'funny periods'. Case 26 A 15-year-old girl with a problem. Case 27 A 27-year-old pregnant woman with backache and anaemia. Case 28 A 42-year-old man with erectile dysfunction. Case 29 A 64-year-old man with prostatism. Case 30 An 82-year-old man with a cough. Case 31 A 44-year-old man who wants a 'check-up'. Case 32 A 49-year-old woman who feels exhausted. Case 33 A 62-year-old woman who is breathless. Case 34 A 10-year-old girl with abdominal pain and recurrent vaginal discharge. Case 35 A 26-year-old woman with lower abdominal pain. Case 36 A 17-year-old girl requesting contraception. Part 3 Self-assessment. MCQs. EMQs. SAQs. Answers. Appendix: Additional information, schedules and normal values. Index of cases by diagnosis. Index.